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BEGINNING SOUND BINGO & INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose:
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To model isolation of the beginning sounds of spoken words
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To prepare the student to understand the alphabetic principle—that letters represent sounds
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To prepare the student to learn the sounds of the letters A-Z
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Instructional video here.
BEGINNING SOUNDS: SAME OR DIFFERENT?
Prerequisite skill: The student can isolate beginning sounds.
Purpose:
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Practice isolating the beginning sounds of spoken words
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Preparation for learning the sounds of the letters of the alphabet

BLENDING GAME BINGO
BLENDING GAME BINGO INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose:
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To blend sounds into words in preparation for learning to decode
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To model phoneme segmentation for the student
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To prepare the student to understand the alphabetic principle at the word level
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To prepare the student to encode and decode 3 letter words
ALPHABET CARDS
ALPHABET CARDS INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite skill: The student can isolate beginning sounds.
Purpose: To show the student how to identify the sound of a letter that is next to a key picture


LETTER & PICTURE SORTING
PICTURE & LETTER SORTING INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite skills:
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The student can isolate beginning sounds of spoken words.
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The student has been introduced to the alphabet cards and can identify the sound of a letter that is next to a key picture.

BEGINNING SOUNDS & LETTERS
BEGINNING SOUNDS & LETTERS INSTRUCTIONS
Instructions
The child must be able to isolate the beginning sound of the picture.
Then he places a game piece or bingo chip in the circle above the correct letter.
LETTER & PICTURE MATCH
LETTER & PICTURE MATCH INSTRUCTIONS
Purpose: To practice matching beginning sounds to printed letters
#310 3 LETTER WORD CARDS
#310 3-LETTER WORD CARDS INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisites:
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The student can segment spoken words with 3 phonemes.
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The student has good recognition of the letters A to Z.
Purpose:
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To introduce decoding
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Preparation for decoding
#311 4 LETTER WORD CARDS
#311 4-LETTER WORD CARDS INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisites: The student can segment spoken words with 4 phonemes.
Purpose:
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Preparation for decoding
#330 3 LETTERWORD CHOICE
#330 3-LETTER WORD CHOICE INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite: The student can segment spoken words with 4 phonemes.
Purpose:
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To match the sounds of a word to letters
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Direct preparation for decoding
#331 4 LETTER WORD CHOICE
#331 4-LETTER WORD CHOICE INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite: The student can segment spoken words with 4 phonemes.
Purpose:
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To match the sounds of a word to letters
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Direct preparation for decoding
#340 3 LETTER WORD PUZZLE
#340 3-LETTER WORD PUZZLE INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite:
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The student can segment spoken words with 3 phonemes.
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The student has good recognition of the letters A to Z.
Purpose:
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To match the sounds of a word to letters
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Direct preparation for decoding
#341 4 LETTER WORD PUZZLE
#341 4-LETTER WORD PUZZLE INSTRUCTIONS
Prerequisite: The student can segment spoken words with 4 phonemes.
Purpose:
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To match the sounds of a word to letters
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Phoneme segmentation practice
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Direct preparation for decoding
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#411 Yes, No, Maybe So SHORT VOWEL GAME
Purpose: Independent sentence reading practice without picture clues
Game:
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Student #1 chooses a Yes. No. Maybe So. card and reads it to another student.
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Student #2 answers “Yes” or “No” or “Maybe so” and gives his reasoning.
Note: Each student is bound to have differing answers and unique reasoning. Fun discussion, hilarious dialogue and earnest disagreements ensue, leading to much repetition.
#412 YES. NO. MAYBE SO. DOLCH PHRASES
Purpose: Independent sentence reading practice without picture clues
Game:
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Student #1 chooses a Yes. No. Maybe So. card and reads it to another student.
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Student #2 answers “Yes” or “No” or “Maybe so” and gives his reasoning.